Golf

Disability Inclusion, opens in a new tab, Golf Australia. In collaboration with the PGA of Australia, Golf Australia continue to strive to make the game of golf more inclusive, with a focus on disability inclusion. 
Golf Australia and in partnership with disability organisations run events and championships across Australia for people with a disability. Blind Golf Australia, Deaf Golf Australia, Amputee Golf Australia, Empower Golf Australia and Special Olympics Australia are membership organisations that run impairment specific events and championships. 
Golf Australia is also a member federation of EDGA, a collaboration of over 40 National governing bodies across the world, sharing a tournament structure and worldwide calendar of events and championships for people with disability.
Rule 25 - Special permissions for approved players with disability, opens in a new tab, Golf Australia, (accessed 30 July 2025). Rule 25 modifies certain Rules for players in the following categories of disability. Players that fall into the four new sub-rules will only need to provide evidence of impairment to Golf Australia through either A Medical Practitioner diagnosis / certificate or letter or Evidence of diagnosis / support from a government agency (such as NDIS or other agency) which outlines the persons ongoing need for support. A centralised process has been established to remove the need for competition administrators to make determinations on eligibility for Rule 25 who in most cases will not have appropriate levels of expertise. The process also ensures that players with disability will not need to provide multiple competition administrators with health information relating to their disability. This applies to:
Players who are blind (which includes certain levels of vision impairment),
Players who are amputees (which means both those with limb deficiencies and those who have lost a limb),
Players who use assistive mobility devices, and
Players with intellectual disabilities.
MyGolf All Abilities, opens in a new tab. Australia’s introductory golf program designed for kids with physical, sensory or intellectual disabilities who may not feel supported in mainstream MyGolf programs. All Abilities programs are designed primarily for children with disabilities. Programs are run by qualified all abilities deliverers.
Get Into Golf All Abilities, opens in a new tab. Australia’s introductory golf program designed for adults with physical, sensory or intellectual disabilities who may not feel supported in mainstream programs. Get Into Golf All Abilities programs are delivered by an accredited PGA All Abilities Coach or National Program Deliverer.
Amputee Golf Australia (AGA), opens in a new tab. The aims of AGA include promoting golf as a viable and suitable form of physical and social rehabilitation for amputees and acting as the official Australian national representative and liaison in all matters pertaining to Australian amputee golf.
Blind Golf Australia, opens in a new tab (BGA). Was formed in 1993 with four (4) State Association members: Western Australia, New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia. The goal of BGA is to promote the game of golf amongst blind and vision impaired people and to co-ordinate blind golf between the states of Australia. BGA is also a founding member of the International Blind Golf Association (IBGA). The organisation aims to represent Australian blind golf internationally and to create and maintain registers of blind golf events throughout Australia with lists of players, sight classifications and handicaps. In this website you will find links to Australian and International Blind Golf organisations and a calendar of events.
Deaf Golf Australia, opens in a new tab. Deaf Golf Australia is a National Deaf Sports Committee (NDSC) of Deaf Sports Australia (DSA). They work to promote golf for any deaf and hard of hearing golfer who love to be involved in sports.
Empower Golf Australia, opens in a new tab. Founded by James Gribble in 2014, Empower is a not-for-profit disability recreation organisation whose mission is to facilitate and promote participation in golf for people living with disabilities. Empower runs one-one and group golf clinics and coaching across Australia to support disabled individuals returning or wanting to improve their golf.
Empower Golf has established disability golfing hubs in New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, Tasmania and Western Australia. Each Hub is providing inclusive programs and/or specialised coaching, has adaptive equipment available and is accessible for Australians living with disabilities.
InternationalEDGA (formerly the European Disabled Golf Association), opens in a new tab. An international not-for-profit, volunteer organisation, active in the promotion and delivery of opportunities to sample, participate and compete in golf. EDGA has designed and implemented coach education programmes for delivery in rehabilitation centres, hospitals and golf clubs. All of these initiatives are available to the members of EDGA, as are protocols for tournament administration, definitions of impairment and other programmes which are available to grow the number of golfers with disability around the world. Golf Australia is a member of the organisation. 